"prepend" meaning in English

See prepend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɹɪˈpɛnd/ Forms: prepends [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From pre- + (ap)pend, by analogy with append. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)pend-}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} prepend (plural prepends)
  1. The act of prepending. Related terms: append, postpend, prefix, postfix
    Sense id: en-prepend-en-noun-wJIk0luU Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 26 38 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /pɹɪˈpɛnd/ Forms: prepends [present, singular, third-person], prepending [participle, present], prepended [participle, past], prepended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From pre- + (ap)pend, by analogy with append. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)pend-}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended)
  1. (computing, linguistics, transitive) To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing, Linguistics Translations (to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix): antaŭglui (Esperanto), antaŭaldoni (Esperanto), préfixer (French), voranstellen (German), dilampirkan (Indonesian), antepor (Portuguese), предварять (predvarjatʹ) (Russian), anteponer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-prepend-en-verb-~8ea3QB1 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 26 38 36 Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, linguistics, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /pɹɪˈpɛnd/ Forms: prepends [present, singular, third-person], prepending [participle, present], prepended [participle, past], prepended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From pre- + Latin pendere (“weigh”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|}} pre- +, {{der|en|la|pendō|pendere|weigh}} Latin pendere (“weigh”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended)
  1. (rare, transitive) To premeditate; to weigh up mentally. Tags: rare, transitive Categories (topical): Thinking
    Sense id: en-prepend-en-verb-hr0Ja8-7 Disambiguation of Thinking: 21 24 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 30 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 35 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 26 38 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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